The Chocolate Soldier
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The Chocolate Soldier is an operetta by Oscar Straus, based on George Bernard Shaw's play "Arms and the Man," known for its romantic plot and melodic Viennese-style music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Chocolate Soldier canonical | 3 |
| The Chocolate Soldier (radio adaptation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8957467 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Chocolate Soldier Context triple: [Sally Ann Howes, performedIn, The Chocolate Soldier]
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A.
The Toy Soldier
The Toy Soldier is a themed retail shop in the United Kingdom Pavilion at EPCOT, known for selling British- and Disney-inspired toys and souvenirs.
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B.
The Chocolate Girl
The Chocolate Girl is an 18th-century pastel painting by Jean-Étienne Liotard depicting a maidservant carrying a tray with a cup of chocolate, celebrated for its delicate realism and luminous detail.
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C.
The Fifer
The Fifer is a famous 1866 painting by Édouard Manet depicting a young military musician in a flat, poster-like style that anticipates modern art.
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D.
The Smiling Lieutenant
The Smiling Lieutenant is a 1931 pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, celebrated for its sophisticated humor, romantic entanglements, and early use of the “Lubitsch Touch.”
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E.
The Little Colonel
The Little Colonel is a 1935 American film best known for pairing Shirley Temple with Lionel Barrymore and featuring one of the earliest interracial dance scenes in Hollywood history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Chocolate Soldier Target entity description: The Chocolate Soldier is an operetta by Oscar Straus, based on George Bernard Shaw's play "Arms and the Man," known for its romantic plot and melodic Viennese-style music.
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A.
The Toy Soldier
The Toy Soldier is a themed retail shop in the United Kingdom Pavilion at EPCOT, known for selling British- and Disney-inspired toys and souvenirs.
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B.
The Chocolate Girl
The Chocolate Girl is an 18th-century pastel painting by Jean-Étienne Liotard depicting a maidservant carrying a tray with a cup of chocolate, celebrated for its delicate realism and luminous detail.
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C.
The Fifer
The Fifer is a famous 1866 painting by Édouard Manet depicting a young military musician in a flat, poster-like style that anticipates modern art.
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D.
The Smiling Lieutenant
The Smiling Lieutenant is a 1931 pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, celebrated for its sophisticated humor, romantic entanglements, and early use of the “Lubitsch Touch.”
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E.
The Little Colonel
The Little Colonel is a 1935 American film best known for pairing Shirley Temple with Lionel Barrymore and featuring one of the earliest interracial dance scenes in Hollywood history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | operetta ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Arms and the Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWorkDisapproved | George Bernard Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Arms and the Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | George Bernard Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| BroadwayTheatre | Lyric Theatre (Broadway) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Oscar Straus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| firstBroadwayProductionYear | 1909 ⓘ |
| firstLondonProductionYear | 1910 GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1908-11-14 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Theater an der Wien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
operetta
ⓘ
romantic operetta ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Alexius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aurelia Popoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Bumerli NERFINISHED ⓘ Colonel Popoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Mascha NERFINISHED ⓘ Nadina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishLibrettoAdapter |
Leo Feld
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rudolf Bernauer NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanford Daly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| librettist |
Heinrich von Waldberg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leopold Jacobson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicStyle |
late-Romantic
ⓘ
waltz-rich score ⓘ |
| notableFor |
melodic Viennese-style music
ⓘ
romantic plot ⓘ |
| notableSong |
My Hero
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sympathy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Chocolate Soldier (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | Der tapfere Soldat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Der tapfere Soldat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | early 20th century ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre | Theater an der Wien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Serbo-Bulgarian War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ShawOpinion | disliked adaptation ⓘ |
| sourceWorkGenre | play ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPlaywright | George Bernard Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkTitle | Arms and the Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Viennese operetta ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | romantic entanglements during wartime ⓘ |
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Input
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Chocolate Soldier (radio adaptation)